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Director, Institutional Research

Application Procedure:

(#2) Resume, which should include the names and contact information of three professional references (as one complete PDF document).

Job Duties

The University of Rhode Island, the State’s public flagship research institution, seeks a leader for its Office of Institutional Research. The ideal candidate will be a dynamic, engaged, and collaborative leader who will lead efforts in institutional research, assessment, and accreditation and help advance the University’s efforts in student success. The Director will play a key role in ensuring the infrastructure, processes, and systems that generate data for strategic and informed decision-making across the entire institution. Responsible for directing and managing data collection, data analysis, and all institutional research activities, the Director will develop data analytics and visualization platforms to enhance student success and the institution’s effectiveness and reputation.

Joining the administrative staff in the Office of the Provost, reporting to the Special Assistant for Academic Planning, and working closely with the Vice Provost for Enrollment Management, the ideal candidate will be highly collaborative both within the division of Academic Affairs and other areas of the University that rely on accurate and timely reports to support operational, tactical and strategic efforts within other divisions. The successful candidate will also play a key role in guiding the continued development of both an internal student data warehouse as well as the statewide student data repository projects currently underway. Strategic thinking, leading collaboratively, and a cross-institutional perspective will all contribute to success with these initiatives.

The Director oversees the staff and resources of the Office of Institutional Research and is responsible for ensuring the University complies with various federal, state and accreditation reporting. Leveraging institutional data in the University’s PeopleSoft system and other data systems, the Director provides critical and trusted decision support to a broad range of administrative planning and decision-making efforts.

4. Demonstrated expertise with preparing spreadsheets (i.e., link the spreadsheet directly to a database, use formulas to recode data and inset a pivot table to summarize the data), and working with databases using a variety of technology applications, programs, and software.

5. Demonstrated knowledge of and ability to use research and data tools (such as SAS or SPSS as a research tool, Tableau, and PowerBI).